bandera

Mine is shot (has the original New Braunfels logo), and although i do use a probe (Maverick), i'd like to get a replacement thermometer. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Hello my fellow brethren this is Brian V and I’m finally back in your BBQ world. Starting coming here many moons ago when I bought my first smoker a New Braunfels Bandera(Loved that thing!). That has since become a recycled fender or something😂. I hail from South Jersey and my new piece is this...

Hello! First post here. I've been restoring a New Braunfels Bandera smoker and finally finished! I give you the Frankensmoker! https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmdnVQNGniCqgW6-pWKXGpJ9Xhkp https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmdnVQNGniCqgXL8lErHg8XpeB-E I picked this thing up for $100 and it needed a lot of work. There...

Does anyone know where I could order a replacement fire box door for a Bandera? Bought a used Bandera for 50 bucks, but the wood box door is bent and the louvres are rusted and need to be replaced. Any ideas on who might have replacment, or am I going to have to try to fabricate a New one...

Hi. New here, but not to Q. Just bought a used NB Bandera and the fire box door is bent out, louvers pretty rusted. I would prefer to get replacment if possible. Anybody know where I might be able to find it? Thanks in advance...

I picked up a Bandera on Craigslist a couple days ago and am planning on running some of the mods listed here to help with bringing it up to heat and maintaining temps (fire bricks, high temp tape for the door, raised firegrate, charcoal basket). I wanted to ask what your strategy for fuel is...

Hey guys glad I ‘re’discovered this place. Guess i joined back in the day and forgot about it ha. Anyway, bought a okj Bandera a couple days ago on Craigslist for $150 and broke it in yesterday with an 8.5 lb pork butt. 12 hrs, a full bag of briquettes and countless mesquite chunks later my wife...

My lovely wife, Shortfork, decided she wanted beef tenderloin for her Mother's Day meal. Off to Sam's for CAB choice tenderloin, plus salad veggies, and a rotisserie chicken for lunches... Beef was rubbed with her new favorite rub: Set up the Bandera for indirect grilling with B&B Texas Oak...

Just ran an experiment with my new Inkbird 6 probe wireless thermometer. Put each probe on a different shelf of my Oklahoma Joe Bandera and then dropped a full chimney of lit charcoal in the fire box. Wanting to see how much difference there was in the temperature in the cooking chamber, top to...

Hey everyone. I was going to pick up some firebrick for my new Bandera to line the firebox and smoker. Has anyone used a square pizza stone instead? I know they are thin, but are supposed to hold heat pretty well. Thanks in advance, David

Hey everyone. I've been lurking here for a while now. This is a great cache of info. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone and let you guys know that Lowes has the Charbroil Bandera on sale for $360 from $400. I showed the the clerk that HEB had it for $330. I failed to mention that the...

Hello, As the title reads I currently use a WSM bullet and am looking to take the next step up. I was checking out the Oklahoma Joe Bandera but seems like it requires alot of mods. My budget is around $400(one day Komodo). Any suggestions will be useful. The reason I'm looking for a...

Any recommendations about what to use around the door rims to keep the smoke in, and up, rather than out?

No, I am not eyeing my neighbor's wife (not that I would admit it any way,) but he does have a NB Bandera parked on the side of his house and never uses it....and I HAVE been eyeballing that! I have never smoked anything in my life, but I am a reasonably experienced professional cook and have...

So, I've been looking to upgrade from my gasser to a stick burner and I think I found the style I like most. Only problem is most of them have been way out of my price range. I started looking for a bandera with no luck anywhere. I almost went with the Dyna-Glow vertical offset smoker and then I...

Hey all, my name is Christian and I reside about 20 miles outside Boise, Idaho. I have enjoyed years of fine smoking from my friends Bandera. She finally broke down and went to an electric smoker. Her loss, my gain as she gave me the Bandera. Now, I need to learn the art of smoking. I...

I have been wondering if anyone has put a rotisserie kit in a Bandera?..Also is there an advantage to hanging your meat on hooks rather than on a grate. I have seen pics of this and was curious. Thanks for any info.....

Smoked thanksgiving turkey yesterday in my BANDERA. Had no trouble keeping temp control. But i blew through a whole bag of Kingston blue in about three hours. Is this normal in the BANDERA? How can i slow this down?

Picked this up off of Craigslist for $100: A few hours with the angle grinder and a couple cans of paint later: Just need to smoke something now!

Started the project, hope you all enjoy the progress. Liquid Wrench is your friend. Will post more as I go along. :wink: